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Neighborhood · Ranked #15,522 of 84,120 nationally

Bridesburg Eviction Risk: Moderate , Philadelphia

Tract 42101038000 · Philadelphia County, PA · pop 2,545 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

Eviction risk in the Bridesburg neighborhood of Philadelphia centers on tract 42101038000, which scores 6.9/10 (Elevated tier) and is home to 2,545 residents. On the national scale it ranks #6,231 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

Rent eats 30% or more of income for 51% of renter households, a severe level, and 12% are severely burdened at 50% or more. Average gross rent is $1,282 monthly, set against $57,386 in average yearly household income, roughly 27% of income at the averages. About 35% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

Risk score
5.7
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 18% Stable renters 17% Owners 65%
Tract context
Occupied units793
Renter share34.7%
SVI overall0.93
Poverty rate18.6%
Median income$57,386

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
100 th percentile
Rank, 100th percentileLowHigh
#1 of 3 tracts In Bridesburg
Very High
Within parent city
55 th percentile
Rank, 55th percentileLowHigh
#184 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia
Elevated
Within county
54 th percentile
Rank, 54th percentileLowHigh
#188 of 408 tracts In Philadelphia County
Moderate
Within state
84 th percentile
Rank, 84th percentileLowHigh
#557 of 3,445 tracts In Pennsylvania
High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Philadelphia and the region

Centroid at 40.0052, -75.0815 · click any tract to drill in

Why Bridesburg scores 5.7

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Philadelphia
8.0
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
8.2
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
18.6% poverty · this tract
4.7
Supply constraint
$1,282 rent vs county FMR
2.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Philadelphia
6.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
7.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Philadelphia
7.5
Housing court bias
Inherited from Philadelphia
7.5

How Bridesburg compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Bridesburg risk score vs. parent city / county / stateThis tract: 5.75.7This tracttract 038000Philadelphia: 5.55.5Philadelphiaparent cityCounty: 5.65.6Countyavg tract in countyState: 3.93.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 93

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Eviction filings

Court-record eviction history

Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1

Historic baseline (2000–2018)

  • 73Total filings over 4 yrs
  • 6.21%Avg annual filing rate
  • 8.0%Peak (2012)
  • 19Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings by year 2010 to 2016
Year-by-year eviction filings in tract 421010380002010: 15 filings (4.73/100 renter HHs)2011: 16 filings (5.59/100 renter HHs)2012: 23 filings (8.04/100 renter HHs)2016: 19 filings (6.48/100 renter HHs)
Filings climbed 27% over the past 4 months.

Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)

  • 64Total filings 2020-21
  • 0.8Avg monthly (observed)
  • 2.0Pre-pandemic baseline
  • 0.41×Ratio to baseline
Monthly filings 2020–2021 2020-01-01 to 2026-05-01
Monthly eviction filings vs pre-pandemic baseline2020-01-01: 3 filings (1.33× baseline)2020-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-03-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2020-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-09-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2020-10-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2020-11-01: 2 filings (2.67× baseline)2020-12-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2021-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-02-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2021-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-05-01: 2 filings (0.89× baseline)2021-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-07-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2021-10-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2021-11-01: 2 filings (2.67× baseline)2021-12-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2022-01-01: 2 filings (0.89× baseline)2022-02-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2022-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2022-04-01: 1 filings (0.44× baseline)2022-05-01: 1 filings (0.44× baseline)2022-06-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2022-07-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2022-08-01: 3 filings (1.20× baseline)2022-09-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2022-10-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2022-11-01: 2 filings (2.67× baseline)2022-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-03-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-04-01: 1 filings (0.44× baseline)2023-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-07-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2023-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2023-09-01: 1 filings (0.50× baseline)2023-10-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2023-11-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2023-12-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-01-01: 2 filings (0.89× baseline)2024-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-03-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2024-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-06-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2024-07-01: 1 filings (0.40× baseline)2024-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2024-10-01: 2 filings (1.00× baseline)2024-11-01: 1 filings (1.33× baseline)2024-12-01: 3 filings (1.71× baseline)2025-01-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-02-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-03-01: 1 filings (0.33× baseline)2025-04-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-06-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-07-01: 4 filings (1.60× baseline)2025-08-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-09-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-10-01: 3 filings (1.50× baseline)2025-11-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)2025-12-01: 1 filings (0.57× baseline)2026-01-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-02-01: 1 filings (10.00× baseline)2026-03-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-04-01: 2 filings (20.00× baseline)2026-05-01: 0 filings (0.00× baseline)

Pandemic filings ran far below baseline (moratorium effect). Eviction Lab tracked Palm Beach as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Bridesburg. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Bridesburg

The score leans hardest on eviction process difficulty at 7.5/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Philadelphia eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.

Set against its neighbors, this tract scores about the same as the Philadelphia County average of 6.8 and above the Pennsylvania statewide average of 5.4. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.

Part of this tract, about 1% of its area, sat in the redlined grade-D zone on 1930s HOLC maps, though its dominant grade was C ("Declining"). That lending history still correlates with present-day rent burden.

The tract is White and Hispanic or Latino and ranks around the 93rd percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. High vulnerability tends to track with higher eviction-filing rates when rents climb.

For a landlord, this is a tract where process discipline pays off. Clean paperwork and steady screening keep the elevated risk manageable.

Frequently asked

About tract 42101038000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42101038000?

Census tract 42101038000 in the Bridesburg neighborhood scores 5.7/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 42101038000?

Median gross rent is $1,282/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 42101038000?

18.6% of residents in tract 42101038000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,545.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 42101038000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 93th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 92th, household 98th, minority 65th, housing 68th.
Q5

Is tract 42101038000 considered part of Bridesburg?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42101038000 fall within Bridesburg (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42101038000?

Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 73 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 42101038000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 6.21% of renter households, peaking at 8.0% in 2012. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7

Did eviction filings in tract 42101038000 drop during COVID?

Pandemic-era filings ran 0.41× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings dropped sharply, likely a moratorium effect. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Palm Beach), 2020-2021.
Q8

How does tract 42101038000 compare to Philadelphia overall?

Tract 42101038000 scores 5.7/10, right in line with the parent city of Philadelphia at 5.5/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Philadelphia eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q9

Was tract 42101038000 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 1% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts

Highest-risk tracts in Philadelphia

Top eight tracts in Philadelphia ranked by composite eviction-risk score.

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